"Was interviewing for a call centre role in the health care industry and the following all happened in the same assessment centre;
– lady wouldn’t stop talking about how her mum had cancer. I sympathised initially, but every answer would turn into “my mum had cancer and I dealt with cancer patients”. Even technical questions about familiarity with systems would somehow lead back to her mum.
No doubt she was qualified for the role, but when you have to deal with individuals going into hospital you cannot start harping on about your personal experiences."
u/givemepasta1
Sadly, it does matter, but it shouldn't. Just the usual double standard we're all used to.
I am curious as well. There's three white guys, two Mexicans, an Indian and four black guys and one black girl at my office. The blacks use the N-WORD in every third sentence.